Meritt**
#21,382 most common girls' name of all time · #34,887 across all names · 38% male / 62% female · used 1920–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#21,382
Rank overall
#34,887 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
16 of 146
All-time
144
Since 2016
108
Peak year
2018 #9,901
Best rank
#8,931 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Meritt first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,931 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #13,657 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,763 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,488 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,604 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #9,901 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,303 |
| 2016 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #10,183 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,982 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,742 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,977 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | — |